The day that Max was born, strange things were happening. Somewhere, a frog turned into a prince, a cat was let out of a bag. Somewhere, a rolling stone caught some moss, the early bird didn???t catch the worm. Somewhere, a watched pot boiled and a king set down his crown. All of this probably accounts for the fact that Max was so strange. But we can never be too sure.
Max learned to speak early in life. In fact, the minute the doctors laid the infant in his mother???s arms after being delivered, Max said in perfect English, ???Hello, mother. My name is Max.??? This made his mother scream and run out of the hospital room without her son.
The doctors were, naturally, surprised for something like this had never occurred before in the history of the world as far as they knew and certainly not in that hospital.
After his mother ran out of the room he looked about him and realized that he was wrapped in a blanket and he wasn???t wearing any clothes at all. His face turned a slight shade of red and he said politely to the doctors gaping at him, ???Um, I seem to be???well, I???m not wearing anything but this blanket. Would one of you be so kind as to hand me a pair of clothes, please????
The nurse, unsure of how to respond to a baby being so polite, slowly handed him one of the outfits that his mother had received at her baby shower. The outfit was a white shirt with a blue elephant face on it and blue shorts.
???Thank you,??? Max said. The nurse just nodded. Max began lowering the blue blanket when he realized all the doctors and nurses were still gaping at him.
???I don???t mean to be rude, but I am about to uncover myself and get dressed. Would you all mind turning your backs to me while I do this????
The nurse had the courage to ask, ???Do you need any help????
???No, I think I???ve got it. But thank you for offering.???
???Yeah???.sure???.no problem,??? the nurse said as she slowly turned her back with the other two doctors.
Max put on the baby outfit and then told the doctors they could look at him again which they did rather quickly.
???This outfit is a little embarrassing for me to wear but I suppose you don???t have any others????
???There???s a pink one,??? the nurse said. She was getting a little used to the idea of his talking. Even if he did sound like a fully grown Englishman and not like a baby.
???Oh, no. This will be fine, thank you,??? Max said quickly.
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Donna sniffed a flower. It opened up and a blue fairy was sitting inside of it, asleep. Donna felt bad for sniffing the flower, particularly when someone was sleeping in it. She could have slapped herself for not thinking to have the common courtesy to knock first.
Donna thought about all the times someone had walked into a room she was in without knocking. She was always surprised at their rudeness. Donna also took this time to reflect on how often, she, herself, neglected to knock before entering a room. Sometimes the situation had been embarrasing. Other times, it had not.
Donna remembered people walking into her bedroom without knocking and the shock had made her spill a drink on her lap. She remembered all the lectures she had heard and given about knocking before you enter a room. Donna made a solemn promise right then and there to knock before entering a room. Donna thought of how much better the world would be if everyone took the time to knock before they entered a room. Donna was certainly going to teach her children to do so. Donna's imagination ran wild, she would write books and give speeches on why people should knock before entering a room, she would make an organization called the knockers who would go door to door and encourage everyone to knock before entering a room, lest they disturb someone. They would become an international organization and give speeches all over the world! She would open up a university for those people who wished to work at the knockers and door knocking would become a major at all colleges. She would be in magazines, on TV shows, everywhere!!!!
Donna decided right then and there that if she ever had one wish, it would be that everyone knock before they entered a room.
Just at that moment, the blue fairy yawned and opened her eyes.
"Hello," she said sweetly to Donna. "Since you have found me I will grant you one wish and only one. I can do anything. What do you wish?"
Donna wished for bubblegum.